Spanish La Liga Round Twenty Four
Posted on February 27, 2009
Filed Under La Liga
Saturday 21st February 2009
Barcelona suffered a shock 2-1 home derby defeat to Espanyol. Espanyol started the game as the bottom team in La Liga, but still managed to shock runaway leaders Barca. Barca had midfielder Seydou Keita dismissed after 38 minutes. Former Barca play Ivan De La Pena gave the visitors the lead in the 50th minute, with a good header. A Victor Valdes mistake gifted Espanyol the lead, after the keeper kicked the ball straight to De La Pena, who lobbed the stranded keeper. It was a result which will encourage the chasing Real Madrid.
Madrid hammered Real Betis 6-1 at the Bernabeu. The capital side scored all their goals in the first half. Gonzalo Higuain gave Real the lead after seven minutes. Klaas Jan-Huntelaar scored a brace with goals in the 15th and 24th minutes. Raul got in on the act scoring his own brace, scoring goals in the 36th and 42nd minutes. Ricardo Oliveira had scored in the 30th minute in-between Huntelaar’s and Raul’s braces. Sergio Ramos completed the extraordinary scoring just before half time. Real have now gave themselves hope of catching Barca at the top, after the Catalan side slipped up at home to Espanyol.
Sevilla beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. They left it late to score the winner, Jesus Navas scoring the in the 87th minute, that goal could be crucial in the fight for those valuable Champions League places. Villarreal beat Sporting Gijon 2-1 at the El Madrigal, to help their Champions League place challenge. Mate Bilic shocked the home fans by putting Gijon ahead in the first minute. That lead didn’t last however, Robert Pires equalising just a minute later for Villarreal. Defender Joan Capdevilla headed the winner in the 39th minute, to secure all three points.
Sunday 22nd February 2009
Malaga defeated Real Valladolid 3-1 away from home to maintain their European challenge. Malaga took the lead in the seventh minute through Albert Luque. Antonio Apono added the second in the 30th minute from the penalty spot. Pedro Oldoni got a goal back for the home team in the 83rd minute. Substitute Nacho sealed all three points in the 87th minute. Recreativo and Almeria drew 1-1 at El Nuevo Colombino. Albert Crusat was dismissed for the away side on 22 minutes. Javier Cumanas gave Recre the lead after 59 minutes, but Iriney Santos equalised for Almeria in the 76th minute from the penalty spot.
Elsewhere Getafe drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao at Coliseum Alfonso Perez. Getafe took the lead through Roberto Soldado on 16 minutes. Bilbao equalised through Spanish starlet Fernando Llorente in the 41st minute. Real Mallorca beat Racing Santander 1-0 at ONO Estadi. The visitors had Ezequiel Garay dismissed in the 50th minute. Mallorca left it late to get the winner but it arrived in the 89th minute through Jose Manuel Jurado. Osasuna beat Numancia 2-0 to help in their fight against relegation. Jaroslav Plasil gave the home side the lead after only two minutes. Massoud Shojaei doubled Osasuna’s lead in the 35th minute. Valencia and Deportivo drew 1-1 at the Riazor. David Villa gave Valencia the lead after 25 minutes, but was dismissed for a second bookable offence in the 75th minute. Depor found an equaliser in the 79th minute, through an Adrian Lopez header.
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